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#ACCAEC — Light Blue

#ACCAEC is a blue color we call Light Blue, closest to the named color LightBlue (#ADD8E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightblue (#ADD8E6) — not an exact match. CSS lightblue gives you #ADD8E6, a different color; use #ACCAEC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ACCAEC is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ECCEAC; it also sits naturally between #ACEAEC and #AEACEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACCAEC · RGB 172, 202, 236

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Color values

HEX#ACCAEC
RGB172, 202, 236
HSL212°, 63%, 80%
HSV212°, 27%, 93%
CMYK27%, 14%, 0%, 7%
XYZ53.27, 57.07, 87.56
Yxy57.07, 0.2692, 0.2884
CIE-Lab80.22, -2.48, -20.10
Hunter Lab75.54, -2.32, -20.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 79% · Blue 93%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #ACCAEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACCAEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACCAEC

.text { color: #ACCAEC; }
.background { background-color: #ACCAEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACCAEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 202, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(212, 63%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACCAEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 202, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACCAEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 202, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACCAEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACCAEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACCAEC

#8BB5E5#6EA2DE#4C8DD6#2F7AD0#2867AF#20538D#194270#122E4F#0B1D32#040A11

Tints of #ACCAEC

#B4CFEE#B8D2EF#C1D7F1#C5DAF2#CDDFF4#D5E4F6#DAE7F7#E2ECF8#E6EFF9#EEF4FB

Tones of #ACCAEC

#B0CAE8#B5CAE3#BACBDE#BECBDA#C3CBD5#C7CCD1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECCEAC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.69:1 Fails
Against black text12.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACCAEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACCAEC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ACCAEC: ·

How #ACCAEC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B9B9E4Deuteranopia · #B7B5E2Tritanopia · #AEDDDC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACCAEC rather than the exact color:

Burning Ruby Twilight
#B6F0D9 · #B0CAEC · #E1D3EE · #F2D6E4
Tender Ruby Aurora
#126468 · #0E3DA1 · #50CEEE · #B0CBEE
Smoky Ruby Harbor
#1D54BC · #CD1F5C · #5ED020 · #A8C8E8
Misty Harbor
#8D4715 · #E1683A · #1F84CC · #A6C8EB
Palette Cd5d7d
#CD5D7D · #F6ECF0 · #A7C5EB · #949CDF
Wild Tempest
#20689A · #B5267A · #9AD741 · #AFCAE5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B0CAEC#B0CBEE#A8C8E8#A6C8EB#A7C5EB#AFCAE5#A7C7F1#B0CDE6#ACCCE3#B5C8E9#AAD0E3#AAC4F5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACCAEB  ·  #ACCAED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACCAEC?

#ACCAEC is Light Blue, a blue color (RGB 172, 202, 236). Its closest standard named color is LightBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACCAEC?

#ACCAEC is RGB 172, 202, 236 — HSL 212°, 63%, 80% — CMYK 27%, 14%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #ACCAEC?

Its complement is #ECCEAC; analogous partners are #ACEAEC and #AEACEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACCAEC for text?

Black text on #ACCAEC has a contrast ratio of 12.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.69:1.